Job 16:12
I was at ease, and He broke me asunder; yea, He hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces; He hath also set me up for His mark.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
11God delivereth me to the ungodly, and casteth me into the hands of the wicked.
Cross References
Job 1:2And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
Job 4:10The lion roareth, and the fierce lion howleth — yet the teeth of the young lions are broken.
Job 7:12Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that Thou settest a watch over me?
Job 9:17He that would break me with a tempest, and multiply my wounds without cause;
Job 23:16Yea, God hath made my heart faint, and the Almighty hath affrighted me;
Job 29:18Then I said: 'I shall die with my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the phoenix;
Matthew Henry on Job 16:7-17
Grievances of Job. ( b. c. 1520.) 6 Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased? 7 But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company. 8 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face. 9 He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me. 10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the… Read the whole commentary →